CONTENTS THE CRISIS CHAPTER PAGE Preface 5 I The Assassination of the Archduke g II The European Crisis 13 III Austria Declares War on Servia 20 IV What War Meant to the Great Powers 25 V Mobilization 31 VI England Before the War 37 VII Germany Invades Belgium 43 VIII England Makes up Her Mind 47 IX Italy Declares Her Neutrality 50 X The End of the First Act 53 FIRST BATTLES XI The Attack upon Liege 57 XII Liege Resists 63 XIII British Troops on the Continent 67 XIV The French Invade Alsace 71 XV Ten Days of War 75 XVI Belgian Battles 81 XVII The French Counter Offensive 86 XVIII Poland Resurgent, 92 XIX German Armies Approach Brussels 97 FROM BRUSSELS TO THE GATES OF PARIS XX The Russian Offensive also Steps Out 104 XXI The Germans Take Brussels and Start for France 1 1 2 XXII The French Counter Offensive Fails 118